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Choose to achieve perfection. We won't achieve it because perfection is impossible. But by pursuing perfection, we will achieve excellence.

Vince Lombardi

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Vince Lombardi
Age: 57 †
Born: 1913
Born: June 11
Died: 1970
Died: September 3
American Football Player
Football Player
Brooklyn
New York
Vincent Thomas Lombardi
Impossible
Pursuing
Excellence
Perfection
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Achieve

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